Disease, conflict, and suffering thrive on poverty. Our global development programs create opportunities for people, communities, and countries to build wealth and invest in their futures. We work to ...

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More than one billion children in lower-income countries have been protected with life-saving vaccines since 2000, thanks in part to a global partnership called Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. In 2000, ...

Twenty-five years ago, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates saw an opportunity to reduce inequity in health globally and in education in the United States. Guided by the belief that all people, no ...

Women in Africa are more likely to be working than women in other regions, and almost 50% of women in the non-agricultural labor force are entrepreneurs. It is the only region in which women are more ...

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is foundational, re-usable digital building blocks—such as digital payments, ID, and data sharing—designed for the public benefit. DPI spans the entire economy, ...